German.Militaria Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Hi there,I am new to this forum and Hauptman (Dan) asked me to post this pic of myself...my name is Torsten and I live in the UK...I am originally East German and when you look at the pic below then you can probably work out for yourself what I did for a couple of years in East Germany...the pic was taken on 7th october 1989 in Berlin and I am the bloke in the first row on the far right...Cheers, Torsten.PS: I tried to upload a pic to this post and got the following forum message: The total filespace required to upload all the attached files is greater than your per post or global limit. Please reduce the number of attachments or the size of the attachments. maybe someone can help me??? Its just a normal quite small file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Johnson Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 PS: I tried to upload a pic to this post and got the following forum message: The total filespace required to upload all the attached files is greater than your per post or global limit. Please reduce the number of attachments or the size of the attachments. maybe someone can help me??? Its just a normal quite small fileTorsten, what format is the picture saved in? If it is a bitmap, they are quite large - try saving it as .jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dwyer Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Hi, Torsten,Welcome to the Gentleman's Military Interest Club. You and I have corresponded a few times on WAF. It's good to see you here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon m. Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Thanks for joining us. It is always great to have a real NVA veteran.Jon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Welcome, Torsten! We need more DDR experts here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehrentitle Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Torsten - A warm welcome to the Gentleman's Military Interest Club. I've always enjoyed your posts on the DDR forum at Wehrmacht-Awards.com Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German.Militaria Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 Torsten, what format is the picture saved in? If it is a bitmap, they are quite large - try saving it as .jpgHi Michael, its a normal jpeg, 110kb and 750x525 pixels...is there a restriction on image sze for posting on this forum?? Cheers, Torsten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Hi Michael, its a normal jpeg, 110kb and 750x525 pixels...is there a restriction on image sze for posting on this forum?? Cheers, Torsten.Yeah, I usually resise to something like 666 (nothing Satanic, just easy to type) pixels for the largest dimension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German.Militaria Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 Yeah, I usually resise to something like 666 (nothing Satanic, just easy to type) pixels for the largest dimension.Hi Ed, just done that and still get the same error message: The total filespace required to upload all the attached files is greater than your per post or global limit. Please reduce the number of attachments or the size of the attachments. so don't know what to do now??? Cheers, Torsten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 (edited) Hi Torsten, You may have to change the name of the file or shrink it down a bit more. One thing about this forum, if I try to load a picture that is too large and resize it, I find that I need to give it a new name. There is some sort of persistent forum memory about file sizes, and it remember the old size. It can get frustrating at times.When you get settled in, you may want to glance at my few DDR items: Good luck,Ed Edited October 20, 2006 by Ed_Haynes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German.Militaria Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 Hi Torsten, You may have to change the name of the file or shrink it down a bit more. One thing about this forum, if I try to load a picture that is too large and resize it, I find that I need to give it a new name. There is somne sort of persistent forum memory about file sizes, and it remembelr teh old size. It can get frustrating at times.Good luck,EdHi Ed, I did actually rename it when I resized it...I suspect then that my file limit as a new member (and unpaid member) is only very small, but I cannot find anywhere what that limitation in file size might be??...I suspect that this would probably change if I was to pay the minimum subscription fee for this forum?? Will probably do that later..Cheers, Torsten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Gregory Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Hi Ed, I did actually rename it when I resized it...I suspect then that my file limit as a new member (and unpaid member) is only very small, but I cannot find anywhere what that limitation in file size might be??...I suspect that this would probably change if I was to pay the minimum subscription fee for this forum?? Will probably do that later..Cheers, Torsten.Torsten,As a probationary member your file size is limited to 60 KB per post.Active participation will soon make you a full member and the file size is then only restricted to 110 KB, which is more than enough for large images.David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German.Militaria Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 Torsten,As a probationary member your file size is limited to 60 KB per post.Active participation will soon make you a full member and the file size is then only restricted to 110 KB, which is more than enough for large images.DavidHi David, thank you very much...that clears up then...mmmhh...I sustpect then that I should just pay up to make some sense of this thread again... Cheers, Torsten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Hi Torsten,Welcome my friend! Allow me to help out and post the pic for you. [attachmentid=57758]It's a great shot. I'm dying to pull out the parade tape this weekend and look for this scene and perhaps find you in a few others.Great to have you as a member and know we will all benefit from your being here.Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerd Becker Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Hello Torsten and welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Green Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Yes, welcome! It's great to have you here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German.Militaria Posted October 21, 2006 Author Share Posted October 21, 2006 (edited) thank you everyone for making me welcome here and thank you Dan for posting the pic for me... hope you don;t mind, but maybe I could use this thread to ask questions about how to use this forum ...? and there are already many such questions....first up: I do not appear to be able to get back into my posts to edit them after about a day or so??...is there some option somewhere to tick to enable me to do so? I always make a lot of silly typos that I only notice afterwards and I need to be able to edit my posts later on...so that you guys can actually understand a little of what I am writing about... Cheers, Torsten. Edited October 21, 2006 by German.Militaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Hello TorstenWelcome to the forum. Good to see you on here as well as the WAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Hi Tortsten,A real pleasure to see you here... too. Welcome!!!! Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Hi Torsten!It is great to see you here!!! Do you have any other photos from you time in the service? You are the only DDR veteran I have known. I would love to hear about some of your experiences. What was your career field? Infantry? What rank did you obtain?Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolf Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Torsten,Welcome aboard.Replying to one of your questions above the Edit function on GMIC is limited to 48 hours. After that period of time no more Edit. Hope it helps,Dolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German.Militaria Posted October 21, 2006 Author Share Posted October 21, 2006 I would just like to say thank you to Nick, The Chairman for upgrading my membership so that I can post larger pics and thank you also to the forum moderators that requested this...I owe you all a pint... Cheers, Torsten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted October 22, 2006 Share Posted October 22, 2006 Hi Torsten!It is great to see you here!!! Do you have any other photos from you time in the service? You are the only DDR veteran I have known. I would love to hear about some of your experiences. What was your career field? Infantry? What rank did you obtain?PaulHear hear! Torsten, I know we've chatted a bit about such things but I knew many others would be equally curious. This is a fascinating subject. Thanks for asking Paul. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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